Maella Abbey

Location
Maella Abbey
Japanese	マイエラ修道院
Romaji
Game	Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Maella Abbey is a location in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.

It is the home of Angelo, Marcello and Abbot Francisco.

Story

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A young boy by the name of Marcello came to live at Maella Abbey after the death of his mother as he was disowned by his father due to him being born in an affair with a maid. Abbot Francisco welcomed him with open arms, as well as his younger half brother, Angelo who arrived several years later.

Eventually things would take a turn for the worse at the Abbey as the sorcerer, Dhoulmagus arrived in hopes of killing Francisco due to his being a descendant of Eagus of the Seven Sages. In pursuit of him was The Hero and his party, who by Angelo's aid managed to temporarily protect the Abbot. The group, however, were accused by Marcello of trying to kill the Abbot and sent to the Abbey's prison, until Angelo let them out through a passage leading to a building across the river.

Dhoulmagus tried again to murder Abbot Francisco and succeeded despite the efforts of the brothers, along with The Hero's party.

Sequence breaking

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If matters at Wisher's Peak and Ascantha are taken care of, then a new cutscene will prompt the arrival to Pickham with King Trode lamenting that this is the first time he was threatened with torture.

Notable attributes

This is a location where the game can be saved.

This location can be reached using the Zoom spell.

Treasures

Gold Orb (available after getting the Echo Flute)
Holy water
Mini medal (3)
World map (PS2 version only)

Nearby monsters

Remake

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Originally Marcello was the one to present the party with a world map, while remakes of the game have it as one of the starting items, thus the scene in question is omitted from the story.